Post #200454

Author: zombie84
Parent topic: Watched Star Trek II on HBO the other day, what a difference in effects compared to the OT!
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/200454/action/topic#200454
Date created: 12-Apr-2006, 2:01 PM

$11 million is not "modest", its relatively low for a space adventure film. Star Wars had squeeked by with roughly $9 million five years earlier but due to inflation this is not comparable. Empire cost over twice the amount of STII (rough 25 mil) and Jedi, released the next year, cost about three times Wrath of Kahn (about 32 mil). So the statement "it was pretty low-budget" is indeed correct for this type of films. Even your average comedy was costing slightly more than Kahn's budget.